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Smarter Digital Access Programme

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Published
11 Nov 2026
Value
GBP 650,000,000
Reference
P1704
Location
United Kingdom
Sector
IT & Telecom
Type
services

At a glance

FCA in United Kingdom has published a request for information in it & telecom: “Smarter Digital Access Programme”. The notice does not state a closing date, so confirm the timetable on the official portal. The stated value is GBP 650,000,000. Quote reference P1704 in any correspondence with the buyer. FreeTender has recorded 3 notices from this buyer since 2026, 3 of them currently open. There are 272 open it & telecom notices in United Kingdom on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through UK Find a Tender Service, not through FreeTender.

Key requirements

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Details

This Pipeline notice relates to the Smarter Digital Access Programme which is expected to comprise a number of separate procurements, for which further notices will be published as requirements and routes to market are developed. We anticipate the scope of the programme to cover: i) An IT professional services framework contract the ‘Digital Capability Framework’ potentially covering scope that may relate to Application Development, Engineering & Technical Infrastructure, Service Management, Enterprise Architecture and Data Services ii) non-strategic Software spend and Hardware spend iii) resource provision for Cyber Security labour-based requirements The estimated value stated in this notice represents the FCA’s current best estimate of potential aggregate expenditure across the programme. It does not represent a commitment to procure or spend this amount, nor the estimated value of any individual procurement and will be subject to internal FCA approvals.

This notice has closed — what to do next

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